Surprised there has been little comment about this – if it is true and there is now an RAFM project underway to recreate/reproduce/rebuild/restore/replicate (use whichever R-word you prefer) an O/400 – the first British strategic bomber? – then this fills a significant gap in the RAFM collection – and no I don’t think the Vimy will be sold to pay for it either!

It is of course serendipitous that the recovery of the wing elements accords with the known interests of the Director and the forthcoming WWI anniversaries – could it be completed by 2018?

thanks to everyone at EK for an excellent evening of entertainment. The fireworks were amazing – and I think better than last year, which was hard – and nice to see the SW-36 in operation (finally!)

you just need to sort the hog roast queue now!

It’s not just confined to this forum. What has been said here could be said on any number of forums where enthusiasts gather.

The vicarious nature of the internet forum means that the social niceties and nuances of a face to face conversation are not required and this emboldens some posters to be controversial, rude or downright unpleasant

As I said before, engaging brain before keyboard usually helps

Hmm, a Spiteful would be nice to see.
Cees

Another previous discussion from the good old WW Forum days if I recall correctly – presumably the first thing to do would be to find a spare pair of Attacker wings somewhere in Pakistan. The tail is pure late series Spitfire and IIRC the fuselage is little more than a late series low back Spitfire with a raised cockpit area.

Aerodrome removed from the Oxford dictionary ?

Yes – I heard that as well on the radio.

Thought the Vimy was only rebuilt to static display standards following the fire at Ringway – if there is a crushing need for an airworthy Vimy wouldn’t it be more appropriate to re-activate the Brooklands example?

thank you

The full story of the “Goering” Mercedes is in Wheels and Tracks No 4. It had nothing to do with Goering but was build for the RSD later in 1943/44 – according to the factory records – which still exist in the Mercedes archives.